patrolman

Example Sentences

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Asked how he’d like to be remembered, Wambaugh summed it up with the no-nonsense crispness of a patrolman handing out a speeding ticket.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The ad then shows the patrolman approaching the vehicle: “Miss, I’m going to need you to step out of the vehicle,” he says, tapping the kit on the driver’s side door, “take a pregnancy test.”

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

“I understand we might be having a better night,” Tampa police patrolman Taylor Grant said before looking at the business card.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

He subsequently worked as a patrolman on day and night shifts, the department said.

From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022

Walking the outer perimeter of the fence, the patrolman clapped his hands and shouted, in case the animals were hiding under Curly’s trailer or snoozing in the shade of the bulldozing equipment.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen